Manager, Procurement, Sourcing

About the role

This role joins Global Procurement and reports to the Global Sourcing Director. They lead two sourcing managers and oversee the sourcing Managed Service Provider (MSP) supporting North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, partnering with Procurement category leaders, Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk, business stakeholders, and global sourcing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing execution across North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, turning global category strategies into practical local action.
• Guide the internal sourcing team, hold the Managed Service Provider accountable for performance, and create a clear path from sourcing intake through contracting and closure.
• Lead best-in-class sourcing execution across North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, balancing priorities and workload across multiple procurement categories.
• Manage and develop two sourcing managers responsible for executing sourcing activities, while overseeing the scope and performance of the Managed Service Provider.
• Own the geography stakeholder experience from sourcing intake through event completion, supplier selection, contracting, and closure.
• Build strong relationships with geography-based Procurement Category Directors, Senior Managers, Principals, Leads, and business stakeholders to align priorities and resolve issues.
• Translate global category strategies into operational sourcing plans, bringing forward local market insights, requirements, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitor Managed Service Provider performance against service-level agreements, address delivery gaps, and coordinate issue resolution across Nike teams.
• Use industry benchmarking, sourcing expertise, and performance insights to strengthen compliance, process excellence, change adoption, and sourcing outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of directly relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, contracting, or procurement operations.
• Experience leading and developing people, including sourcing professionals responsible for day-to-day event execution.
• Experience managing a Managed Service Provider, including performance against service-level agreements, issue resolution, risk management, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead requests for proposal, supplier evaluation and award processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution across multiple areas of spend.